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Boyd Multerer, founder of Xbox Live and XNA and Xbox Director of Development, has quit Microsoft. The video game software developer announced on Twitter his week his departure from the company that he helped lead into the world of online and Next-Gen gaming. He also shared some gratitude towards his followers and answered some questions about his departure.
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According to IGN, Multerer started working at Microsoft as a full-time employee in 1997. He founded the development team for Xbox Live in the year 2000 and in 2002 was the first person on the system's online network. From there, he went on to work with Xbox 360 OS teams before designing the Xbox One, the current model of Microsoft's gaming console.
The software engineer announced his departure via his Twitter account, explaining that his quitting was not due to any ill will felt towards his former company. Check out his Twitter posts right here:
Goodbye Microsoft. It was a good run. Xbox was Great! Time to do something new.
— Boyd Multerer (@BoydMulterer) December 29, 2014
@XboxGuy247 @MrXBob Nothing is perfect, but Xbox Leadership is fine. On the other hand, I’m complicated. I think that is good? — Boyd Multerer (@BoydMulterer) December 29, 2014
Wow. Lots of kind words coming in today. I’m proud to have affected so many and hope to continue doing so!
— Boyd Multerer (@BoydMulterer) December 29, 2014
Not used to this much traffic. Thank you to everyone saying how much they like XBL. — Boyd Multerer (@BoydMulterer) December 30, 2014
Love all the people saying XNA changed their careers and lives. Glad to have helped people find the joy in computer science.
— Boyd Multerer (@BoydMulterer) December 30, 2014
Multerer was reportedly working on "unannounced secret stuff at Microsoft" before he made his announcement this week.
